Technical Designer - Accessories & Fit Innovation

Under Armour, Inc; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UA Gives Back Volunteer Days

Maternity and Parental Leave

Health & fitness benefits

Job summary

Under Armour is seeking a Technical Designer - Accessories to drive development from concept to production, lead fit sessions, and communicate with factories to optimize fit, performance and cost.

Based in Baltimore with a hybrid schedule (4 days in the office). The ideal candidate has a Fashion Design degree and 4+ years in technical design or product development, with expertise in tech packs and patternmaking. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, PLM, Excel, and 2D/3D patterning is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year Fashion Design program.
• 4+ years in technical design or product development experience.
• Expertise building Development & Production Tech Packs.
• Experience managing a product category.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills for product presentations.
• Factory experience preferred.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, a PLM system, Excel and Gerber or Optitex PDS.
• 2D patternmaking skills on the job.
• 3D pattern experience preferred.
• Extensive experience fitting on live models and virtual models.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a product category from design concept to production.
• Work with factories and costing teams to optimize product engineering for fit, performance and cost.
• Build and reviews technical packages for one or more categories.
• Identifies opportunities for sketch library and process enhancements.
• Conducts fit sessions on live models, including size sets.
• Able to identify fit issues, perform fit adjustments and communicate changes to improve fit and function.
• Directly responsible for creating 2D/3D pattern blocks with advanced understanding of grade rules and size scale manipulation to achieve best fit/visual across a size range.
• Leads seasonal fit alignment meetings across category to ensure products meet standards for grade rules, fit consistency, construction and quality.
• Analyzes artwork to identify risk, establish artwork standards and troubleshoot quality issues.
• Owns cross functional meeting communication for the development team. Must be able to effectively problem solve design, costing, quality and delivery issues.
• Independently communicates with vendors to problem solve issues related to product engineering.
• Manages workload for one or more categories. Collaborates with cross functional team to meet calendar deliverables.
• Ability to dynamically deliver product presentations related to fit and construction.
• Domestic and overseas travel as necessary.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills

4+ years experience

Technical design

Product development

Written and verbal communication

Vendor communication

Pattern making

3D pattern experience

Live and virtual fitting

Garment construction knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

PLM system

Excel

Gerber or Optitex PDS

Job description

Under Armour is seeking a Technical Designer - Accessories to drive development from concept to production, lead fit sessions, and communicate with factories to optimize fit, performance and cost.

Based in Baltimore with a hybrid schedule (4 days in the office). The ideal candidate has a Fashion Design degree and 4+ years in technical design or product development, with expertise in tech packs and patternmaking. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, PLM, Excel, and 2D/3D patterning is required.